Shoe-brush.



SI1 OOOOOOO l AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 7. 912, 1 15. Patented F9119,1909.

:L vI/ iff r (in JOHN H. GRAFFLIN, IOF BALTIMORE,.MRIRYLA1ND.

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Speceaton of Letters Patent.

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Application led lay.22, 1907. Serial No. 375,108.

To all whom it muy concern: l

Be it 'known that I, JOHN H. GRAFFLIN, a Citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of'Maryland, have invented new anduseful Im rovements in Shoe- `Brushes, of which the :fo owing is aspecification. i

My invention `relates to a :shoe brush or polisher in which are combinedbristles which may be used for the preliminary work of dusting off orcleaning the-shoe, or only in polishing, or in both o erations, vand acloth or other flexible materlal adapted to be used in the final act ofpolishing. The cloth is also preferably Wound within a casing and upon aspring roller and is adapted to be drawn from the casing, carried overor under the bristles and secured at the back of the brush, so thatafter the cloth has been used for its special purpose it will, on beingreleased, be automatically returned to its casmg. The bristles are givena special setting fitting them to receive and form a cushion for thecloth or iiexible material.

Other features in my improved device, together with the advantagespertaining to its use, will be hereinafter described; and the inventionis more specifically set forth in the claims hereto appended.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a top view of the brush showingits back with the cloth or exible material coniined Within its casing.Fig. 2 is a side view of Fig. 1.

' Fig. 3 is a side view showing the cloth drawn from the'casing andsecured at the opposite end of the brush back. Fig. 4 shows amodiconstruction, and 2 the bristles.

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Similar numerals of `reference indicate similar parts in the respectivevfigures.

1 represents the back of a shoe brush which may be of any ordinary or aproved ear one end of the brush is a casing 9 of'metal or othermaterial, the casing being secured to the back in an A suitable manner;and'withinV the casing an running axially thereof is a spring roller 10of the type commonly used for automatically operating window curtains,to which roller is secured one end of a cloth or flexible material 11which passes through the slot 12 of the casing and is provided at itsfree end with an eye or eyes 13.

In the use of the device, when it is desired to employ it either forpreliminarily dusting of the shoe or for giving the iirst polish theretoafter the apphcation of the blacking as set i or polishing substance, itwill be understood that the'cloth oriiexible material 11 is wound uponthe spring roller 10 within the casin 9 but when it is intended to givethe nal polish to the shoe 'the user takes hold of the end of the cloth11 pro'ecting from the casing 9, and carries it over t e adjacent end-ofthe brush back and under the bristles and lengthwise of the same, andover the bristles at the 'opposite end of the brush when the eyes 13 arehooked over pins 14 projecting from the back of the brush to'receivethem.

By reference to Figs. 2 and 3 it will be seen that the bristles at eachend of the brush are given an outward angle, this arrangement beingintended to cause them to form a flexible backing or support for thecloth 11 when it is in ositio-n'for .use as in Fig. 3. The operatoraving used the cloth for giving the final polish to' the shoe, he Willrelease the eyes 13 from the pins 14C, and through the agency of thespring roller 10 the cloth 11 willbe automatically drawn back into thecasing 9.

The brush may be provided with a handle or not, as desired, and thecloth may not be adapted to be automatically returned, but the rollermay be turned by means ofa button as in Fig. 4.

Other details of. construction may readily suggest themselves to themanufacturer Iwithout the exercise of invention.

The brush may obviously be used for blacking, or tan or other polish'.

My invention forms a simple, inexpensive and eliicient brush for thepurpose intended, combining in itself all the requisites for giving thenecessary polish to a shoe.

Having thus described4 my invention, I claim 1. In combination, a shoebrush, a cloth or flexible .,materiah va casing secured to the brush,and a roller within the casing upon which the cloth is Wound, the clothbeing adapted to be drawn from the .casing and over and under thebristles and secured to the opposite end of the brush, substantially lorth.'

2. In combination, a shoe brush, a cloth or iiexible material, a casingsecured to the brush, and a spring rollerl Within the casing upon whichthe cloth is wound, the cloth being adapted to be drawn from the casingand over and under the bristles and secured to the opposite end of thebrush, substantially asset orth.

3. In combination, a shoe brush, a casing secured to the brush, a springroller within the casing, a cloth or flexible material wound upon theroller and having eyes at its outer end, and pins at the o posite end ofthe brush, the cloth being a apted to be drawn from the casing and overand under the bristles and secured to the pins at the opposite end ofthe brush, substantially as 'set forth.

4. In combination, a shoe brush having bristles the end ones of whichproject at an outward angle as'shown, a. cloth or flexible material, aoasin secured to the brush, and a s ringroller Wit in the oasinguponwhich the cloth is wound, the cloth being adapted to be drawn from thecasing and over the outwardly-projecting end bristles at one end, andunder the main body of bristles, and over the outwardlyrojectingbristles at the opposite end of the rush and to be secured at that endthereof, `substantially as set forth.

5. Combined with a shoe brush having bristles the end ones of whichproject at an outward angle as shown, a cloth or flexible material, acasin secured to the brush, and a roller Within t e casing upon whichthe cloth is wound, the cloth being adapted to be drawn from the casingand over the Voutwardly-projeoting end `bristles at one end, and underthe main body of bristles, and over the outwardlyrojecting bristles atthe opposite end of the rush and to be secured at that end thereof,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. GRAFFLIN.

Witnesses: v

E. G. SHIPLEY, M. I. HU'rcnINs.

